PROTECTED INNOCENCE CHALLENGE

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

To bring awareness to the worldwide challenge of Human Trafficking

Sponsored by:

OUR LITTLE ROSES MINISTRIES

Chairwoman: Diana Frade

EACH YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES APPROXIMATELY 100,000 GIRLS AND BOYS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 12-14 ARE ENSLAVED BY HUMAN TRAFFICKERS

On September 26, 2012 President Barack Obama issued an executive order aimed at strengthening his administration's efforts to combat human trafficking. He praised the work of Christian groups, noting that they are "answering the Bible's call. Referring to it as "modern slavery," Obama spoke about "the injustice, the outrage, of human trafficking."

As a Faith Community we are called to raise awareness in our community about the issue of modern day slavery, and to participate in the challenge of ensuring the PROTECTED INNOCENCE of our children.

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Read Sarah’s story

Sarah Graves looks straight ahead as she calmly recalled the night a man paid $200 on a Boston street to have sex with her. She was 16, homeless, and desperate for food, shelter and stability. He was the first of dozens of men who would buy her thin, frail body from a human trafficker who exploited her vulnerabilities and made her a prisoner for years. "If I didn't call him daddy, he would slap me, beat me choke me," said Graves, 24, of the man who organized the deals. "It's about love and thinking you're part of a family and a team. I couldn't leave because I thought he would kill me."

JOIN US ON FEB 16 FROM 9:00am TO 1:30pm TO VIEW THE DOCUMENTARY SEX+ MONEY, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THIS HAPPENED TO SARAH AND SO MANY OTHERS LIKE HER.

Sex+Money: A National Search for Human Worth is a documentary about domestic minor sex trafficking and the modern-day abolitionist movement fighting to stop it. Since September 2009, the crew has traveled to over 30 states and conducted more than 75 interviews with federal agents, victims, politicians, activists, psychologists, porn-stars, among others.

Hosted by: St Paul’s Episcopal Church, 188 So. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach, FL.

Saturday, February 16, 2013 – 9:00AM – 1:30PM – Parish Hall

Continental Breakfast and Coffee  --  RSVP Deacon Clelia: 561-276-4541